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Study argues Romney’s ‘religion problem’ is exaggerated
A new study released by the Brookings Institution argues that Mitt Romney’s Mormon religion is unlikely to hurt him at the polls in November. The researchers based the conclusion on an experiment in which people were asked whether they planned to vote for Mr. Romney or Mr. Obama. Some of the...
How has Mormonism shaped Mitt Romney's leadership style?
Combining the resources of both its "On Faith" and "On Leadership" online blogs, the Washington Post has launched a multi-part series of stories by LDS writers and academics aimed at explaining how Mitt Romney's leadership style has been shaped by his experiences as a lay leader in The Church of...
With or without Romney, D.C. a surprising Mormon stronghold
MR says: This article is making its way around all the national media outlets--have you read it? A few hundred Mormons filed into a chapel just outside the Washington Beltway one recent Sunday to hear a somewhat unusual presentation: an Obama administration official recounting his conversion to...
Mitt Romney and Those 'Mormon Moments'
MR says: Click on the forwarding link to watch the video the article is summarizing. From Donny and Marie Osmond, to HBO's "Big Love," to Proposition 8 in California, to persistent -- and inaccurate -- Beltway legends about how half of the CIA is staffed by members of the LDS Church, America's Mormons have a...
If Harvard Business School were a religion, it could be Mormonism
This piece is part of a joint On Faith - On Leadership series exploring the Mormon experiences that have helped shaped Mitt Romney’s leadership style, with pieces contributed by promiment Mormon writers and academics. For the past year, as Mitt Romney has taken to the campaign trail, a number...
Mitt’s first Mormon moment
When I am afraid, like that time I was the only passenger in a prop plane circling Logan in a thunderstorm, I tend to pray the ‘Hail Mary’ like my life depends on it. (“You can fly with me any time,’’ the pilot said when the airport reopened and we finally landed, because I hadn’t...
Would America elect a Mormon?
Over the years, political prejudice for every religion has almost disappeared with the exception of Mormonism, which has actually risen. Why? For most of American history, voters wanted their president to be white, Protestant and male. But such prejudices have eroded — dramatically, in some...
Jon Huntsman Jr. ready to hit the campaign trail for Mitt Romney, calling him 'best of the options we have'
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said Tuesday he's ready to hit the campaign trail for his one-time rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney. "I see him as the best of the options we have available," Huntsman said of Romney in a wide-ranging interview with the Deseret News and...
After doubts, some evangelical leaders put faith in Romney
In October, Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress ignited a firestorm by calling Mormonism a "cult" and telling Republicans not to vote for Mitt Romney because the presidential aspirant was not a "competent Christian." Today, Jeffress is endorsing Romney. He is just one of many...
The 5 Browns' sisters speak at victims of violent crimes conference
Two female members of The 5 Browns piano quintet encouraged victims of violent crime speak out and offered advice on how to help those victims Thursday at the crime victims conference. Deondra and Desirae Brown, sisters who make up two-fifths of the sibling piano group, said it took them years to...
'Very religious' voters prefer Romney, while 'nonreligious' support Obama
Gallup released new polling Wednesday that shows a strong correlation between a voter's level of religious observance and which presidential candidate — Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama — that voter plans on voting for come November. "Mitt Romney leads Barack Obama by 17 percentage...
Romney as a BYU Cougar - Friends and professors saw natural leader
In 1968, Mitt Romney was in France serving a full-time LDS mission and contemplating what his life plans held after he returned. He never imagined they would lead him to BYU. Prior to leaving on his mission to France, Mitt had attended Stanford University for a year with full intent to return...
Playing the Mormon card
MR says: This author writes that politicians can't bring up religion, so it's up to the media to make Romney's religion look "weird." During the long Republican primary season, the highest-profile attack on Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith came in October during the Values Voters Summit in Washington, when the...
Writer suggests Democrats — not Mitt Romney — have a Mormon problem
Do Democrats have a Mormon problem? Peter Beinart, writing at The Daily Beast, argues that the 2012 campaign pairing — Mitt Romney against President Barack Obama — may tempt some Democrats to play on anti-Mormon bigotry. However he said, Democrats must avoid the temptation. "The temptation...
LDS author Stephen Covey hospitalized after bike accident
MR says: He is in intensive care but is responding to treatment. Our prayers are with him and his family. Motivational speaker and author Stephen R. Covey was knocked unconscious after crashing his bicycle Thursday. He remained hospitalized in stable condition Friday at Utah Valley Regional Medical...
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